About the Author

Bill Bradley has been a three-time basketball All-American at Princeton, an Olympic gold medalist, a Rhodes scholar, and a professional player for ten years with the New York Knicks.  Elected to the Senate from New Jersey in 1978, 1984, and 1990, he has authored extensive legislation, including the Tax Reform Act of 1986.  Bradley has written two previous books, Life on the Run and The Fair Tax. He is married and has one daughter.

Reviews

PRAISE FOR Time Present, Time Past:

"Strikingly reflects the realities of modern politics, what it looks like, feels like, from the inside."--The New York Times Book Review

"Intelligent, surprisingly candid and exceptionally well written. A love letter to America [by] someone shrewd and knowledgeable about the country."--Vanity Fair

"In this impressive memoir, Bradley...uses his memories of life on and off the court, and on and off the Senate floor, as a starting point for discussions of race, immigration, campaign financing, and political integrity.... Bradley is highly readable, thought provoking, and refreshingly honest."--Booklist

In this wide-ranging memoir, New Jersey Senator Bradley chides his fellow Democrats for becoming captive to special-objective or pressure groups, and also for siding with Republicans during the Reagan era, thereby increasing the tax burden of the middle class while giving the rich more subsidies and tax breaks. Crisscrossing the country, Bradley holds ``walking town meetings,'' impromptu talks with ordinary people, which serve as a springboard as he shuttles from campaign reminiscences to his boyhood in Crystal City, Missouri, his Scotch-Irish and German roots, basketball career and reflections on events in U.S. history. He defends NAFTA, suggests ways to revitalize the labor movement, opposes racial quotas but supports the concept of ``merit-based affirmative action'' (``once an individual makes the qualified pool of applicants, being black is just another positive attribute for admission...''). This speechifying autobiography leaves one with the lingering impression that Bradley, who has announced that he will not run for a fourth Senate term, could be testing the waters for a presidential bid. 100,000 first printing; BOMC selection; Random AudioBook -44920-5; author tour. (Jan.)

PRAISE FOR Time Present, Time Past:

"Strikingly reflects the realities of modern politics, what it looks like, feels like, from the inside."--The New York Times Book Review

"Intelligent, surprisingly candid and exceptionally well written. A love letter to America [by] someone shrewd and knowledgeable about the country."--Vanity Fair

"In this impressive memoir, Bradley...uses his memories of life on and off the court, and on and off the Senate floor, as a starting point for discussions of race, immigration, campaign financing, and political integrity.... Bradley is highly readable, thought provoking, and refreshingly honest."--Booklist